The men's football tournament has been a regular Asian Games sporting event since the 1951 edition, while the women's tournament began in 1990.
History
The first Asian Games had football tournament.
Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three overage players for each squad, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.
Japan is the only nation to have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games in the same year (2010).
Men's tournament
Results
#Year Host Final Bronze medal match Teams Gold medalistsScore Silver medalistsBronze medalistsScore Fourth place 11951 details New Delhi1–02–0621954 details Manila5–25–41231958 details Tokyo3–24–11441962 details Jakarta2–14–1851966 details Bangkok1–02–01161970 details Bangkok 0–0 (a.e.t.)11–01071974 details Tehran1–02–11581978 details Bangkok 0–0 (a.e.t.)11–01491982 details New Delhi1–02–0216101986 details Seoul2–05–018111990 details Beijing0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)1–014121994 details Hiroshima4–22–118131998 details Bangkok2–03–023142002 details Busan2–13–024152006 details Doha1–01–0 (a.e.t.)28162010 details Guangzhou1–04–324172014 details Incheon1–0 (a.e.t.)1–029182018 details Jakarta–Palembang2–1 (a.e.t.)1–1(4–3 p)25192022 details Hangzhou2–1 4–0 21202026 details Aichi–Nagoya1–02–2(4–3 p) 15 1 The title was shared. 2 Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default after the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final.
Medal table TeamGoldSilverBronze7 (1970, 1978, 1986*, 2014*, 2018, 2022, 2026)3 (1954, 1958, 1962)3 (1990, 2002*, 2010)4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002)2 (1951, 1966)1 (2006)2 (1951*, 1962)1 (1970) 2 (1966, 1970)1 (1954)2 (1954, 1958)1 (2010)4 (2002, 2018, 2022, 2026*)2 (1951, 1966)1 (1978)2 (1990, 2014)1 (1982)1 (2006)1 (2014)1 (1994)1 (2022)1 (2006*)2 (1982, 1998)2 (1986, 1994)1 (1994)3 (1978, 1998, 2026)1 (1986)1 (1982)1 (2010)1 (2018)1 (1974*)2 (1962, 1974)1 (1958)
* = host
Individual records Year Top scorer(s) Goals Winning manager(s) 1951 Sheoo Mewalal 3 Syed Abdul Rahim 1954 Lee Wai Tong 1958 Lee Wai Tong 1962 Syed Abdul Rahim 1966 German Zonin 1970 Win Maung 5 Han Hong-ki U Pe Tin 1974 Gidi Damti 6 Frank O'Farrell 1978 Ham Heung-chul Pak Du-sok 1982 Hussein Saeed 4 Ammo Baba 1986 Salah Al-Hasawi 6 Kim Jung-nam 1990 Farshad Pious Seo Jung-won 4 Ali Parvin 1994 Hwang Sun-hong 11 Rustam Akramov 1998 Faraj Laheeb 9 Mansour Pourheidari 2002 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Satoshi Nakayama 5 Branko Ivanković 2006 Odai Al-Saify 7 Džemaludin Mušović 2010 Kensuke Nagai 5 Takashi Sekizuka 2014 Ferdinand Sinaga 6 Lee Kwang-jong 2018 Hwang Ui-jo 9 Kim Hak-bum 2022 Jeong Woo-yeong 8 Hwang Sun-hong 2026 Eom Ji-sung Sardorbek Bakhromov 4 Lee Min-sung
Participating nations Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998. Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002. Nation (45) 1951(6) 1954(12) 1958(14) 1962(8) 1966(11) 1970(10) 1974(15) 1978(14) 1982(16) 1986(18) 1990(14) 1994(18) 1998(23) 2002(24) 2006(28) 2010(24) 2014(29) 2018(25) 2022(21) Years 4th 12th 24th 25th WD 4 14th 14th 12th 10th 7th 9th 18th 16th 13th 9 13th 12th 14th 13th DQ 20th 24th 24th 20th 15th 20th 10 DQ DQ 0 7th 19th 2 10th 3rd 7th 8th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 12th 15th 9th 7th 13 1st 1st DQ 9th 25th 18th 5 5th 6th 9th 14th 22nd 14th 13th 10th 10th 14th 4th 11 1st 8th 4th 1st 8th 3rd 13th 8th 6th 16th DQ DQ 16th 10th 14th 14th 26th 9th 16 6th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th DQ DQ 27th 11th 10th 11th 11 2nd 14th 2nd 8th 1st 8th 6th 1st 9th 1st 1st 3rd 4th 23rd 13th 6th 16 5th 4th 1st 7th DQ 2nd DQ 3rd DQ 6 5th DQ 2nd 2 3rd 10th 12th 6th 3rd 4th 9th 9th 5th 9th 8th 7th 9th 2nd 11th 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 19 DQ 19th 21st 7th 3 DQ 10th 1 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 3rd 2nd 5th 10th 11th 18th 19th 12 17th 23rd 16th 20th 12th 5 21st 27th 23rd 3 12th 12th 2 28th 1 13th 3rd 10th 10th 3rd 7th 14th 15th 12th 12th 17th 23rd 16th 19th 12th 15 20th 22nd 20th 17th 21st 5 DQ 23rd DQ 21st 2 () 5th 3rd 11th DQ 1st 1st 7th 12th 13th 16th DQ 19th 10th 11 16th 18th 18th 17th 29th 22nd 6 4th 1st 4th 2nd 13th 8th 8th 5th 2nd 7th 5th 11 DQ 10th 10th 11th 9th 16th 6th 22nd 7 6th 9th 11th 17th 14th 23rd 21st 22nd 24th 17th 10 DQ 21st 22nd 20th 14th 11th 15th 6 11th 8th 8th 15th 4 11th 13th DQ 13th 5th 11th 1st 9th 21st 16th 9 10th 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 8 9th 10th 4th 11th 26th 19th 17th 7 2nd 2nd 2nd 11th 1st 8th 1st 9th 1st 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 18 15th 1 10th 12th 6th WD 3 14th DQ 25th 13th 3 7th 6th 6th 12th 6th 10th 11th 4th 15th 4th 4th 7th 7th 4th 18th 14th 16 28th 24th 2 7th 8th 18th DQ 13th 4 5th 8th 15th 13th 18th 2nd 8th 3rd 8 1st 7th 16th 6th 8th 9th 5th 3rd 8 7th 7th 4th 7th 9th 17th 19th 15th 14th 12th 4th 17th 12 () DQ 10th 17th 15th DQ 3
Women's tournament
Results The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.
#Year Host Final Bronze medal match Teams Gold medalistsScore Silver medalistsBronze medalistsScore Fourth place 1 1990 Beijing62 1994 Hiroshima2–043 1998 Bangkok1–0 (g.g.)2–184 2002 Busan65 2006 Doha0–0 (a.e.t.)(4–2 p)2–086 2010 Guangzhou1–02–077 2014 Incheon3–13–0118 2018 Jakarta–Palembang1–04–0119 2022 Hangzhou4–17–01610 2026 Aichi–Nagoya2–2 (a.e.t.)(5–3 p)1–012
Medal table TeamGoldSilverBronze4 (2010, 2018, 2022, 2026*)4 (1990, 1994*, 2006, 2014)2 (1998, 2002)3 (2002, 2006, 2014)4 (1998, 2010, 2022, 2026)1 (1990)3 (1990*, 1994, 1998)2 (2002, 2018)2 (2006, 2022*)4 (2010, 2014*, 2018, 2026)1 (1994) * = host
Individual records Year Top scorer Goals Winning manager 1990 Shang Ruihua 1994 Ma Yuanan 1998 Ma Yuanan 2002 Jin Pyol-hui 4 Ri Song-gun 2006 Han Duan 7 Kim Kwang-min 2010 Ji So-yun 5 Norio Sasaki 2014 Nisa Romyen 8 Kim Kwang-min 2018 Wang Shanshan 12 Asako Takakura 2022 Kim Kyong-yong 12 Michihisa Kano 2026 Chiina Kamiya 7 Michihisa Kano
Participating nations Nation (22) 1990(6) 1994(4) 1998(8) 2002(6) 2006(8) 2010(7) 2014(11) 2018(11) 2022(16) Years 12th 1 WD 0 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 9 4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 7th 4th 6th 8 6th 8th 8th 14th 4 8th 9th 13th 3 9th 1 WD 0 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 9 8th 7th 10th 3 DQ 11th 10th 2 16th 1 10th 1 11th 1 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 6th 2nd 8 DQ 7th 1 15th 1 5th 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 9 11th 1 DQ 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th 6 4th 1 6th 6th 7th 5th 4th 5th 9th 7
Medal tables
Total
Men
Women
See also Football at the Summer Olympics Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games FIFA
References RSSSF archive
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